Violette (N/C 15+) French Film Festival

Violette
Original title: Changer l’eau des fleurs
Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 2026 | France | 137 mins | N/C 15+ | In French with English subtitles

Cemetery caretaker Violette's routine of offering comfort to visitors is upended when a police officer's arrival forces her to confront her own tragic and mysterious past.

Amélie director Jean-Pierre Jeunet has adapted Valérie Perrin’s international best-seller with a stellar cast among them Leila Bekhti, Melvil Poupaud and Anouk Grinberg.

Co-written by Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant, Bekhti plays Violette Toussaint, a beloved cemetery caretaker whose peaceful life – filled by conversations with quirky workers and the many visitors who share their stories of love, loss, and life – is thrown off course when a mysterious stranger shows up on her doorstep compelling her to confront her troubled past filled with hidden truths. Violette comes to understand that the truth behind long-buried mysteries in her past must be uncovered if she wants to take another chance on life and, against all odds, love. The film marks Jeunet’s return to cinema after a gap of 13 years since The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet.

"The film stays true to the book’s emotional core, blending present-day storytelling with flashbacks." - Sortir à Paris